Learn and Earn ESL and ESLN Certificates
What types of certificates are offered?
Currently, the LMC ESL Department offers students the opportunity to work toward earning twelve
certificates of two different types as shown below.
CERTIFICATES OF COMPETENCY
(Non-Credit)
Entry/Bridge
- Basic Vocabulary and Reading Development
- Foundational Grammar for General Communication
- Essential Pronunciation and Conversation
- Fundamental Writing Skills
Intermediate and Advanced
- Intermediate English for College and Career Success
- Advanced English for Academic and Professional Advancement
COLLEGE SKILLS CERTIFICATES
(Credit)
Entry/Bridge
- Basic Vocabulary and Reading Development
- Foundational Grammar for General Communication
- Essential Pronunciation and Conversation
- Fundamental Writing Skills
Intermediate and Advanced
- Intermediate English for College and Career Success
- Advanced English for Academic and Professional Advancement
Earning a certificate demonstrates that a student has successfully worked to attain
a particular set of foundational, intermediate, or advanced general or academic English
as a Second Language competencies and outcomes.
Through program design, including the scheduling of classes and designated ESL student
advising and counseling, students are guided, encouraged, and supported to create
an educational plan and to enroll in certificate-seeking packages of ESL courses each
semester (as opposed to solitary single classes).
By following this guidance and implementing such plans, students will optimally position
themselves to make the greatest progress in terms of the following: 1) their English
language acquisition and 2) our department’s ultimate instructional goal of successfully
transitioning into their chosen academic major and career.
How do I earn and obtain a certificate?
Below are the descriptions of the certificates including the number of hours (for
Noncredit ESLN courses) or the number of units (for Credit ESL courses) needed to obtain each.
Certificate Requirements
Certificates of Competency can be earned by successfully completing the required Noncredit ESLN courses and
number of hours as shown below.
College Skills Certificates can be earned by successfully completing the required Credit ESL courses and number
of units shown below.
General ESL for College and Career Preparation
-
Basic Vocabulary and Reading Development Certificates
Basic Vocabulary and Reading Development*
Required Courses |
Certificate of Competency |
Hours |
ESLN-065VR |
Basic Vocabulary & Reading 1 - Noncredit ESL |
54 |
ESLN-075VR |
Basic Vocabulary & Reading 2 - Noncredit ESL |
54 |
|
Total Hours Required |
108 |
|
|
|
Required Courses |
College Skills Certificate |
Units |
ESL-065VR |
Basic Vocabulary & Reading 1 - Credit ESL |
3 |
ESL-075VR |
Basic Vocabulary & Reading 2 - Credit ESL |
3 |
|
Total Units Required |
6 |
*Basic Vocabulary and Reading Development Competencies and Outcomes:
- Strive to gain increasing ability to understand and accurately and creatively use
vocabulary learned from context and on the new general service list (NGSL) and the
new academic word list (NAWL) in known and new situations.
- Embrace having more to learn through reading inquiringly and critically and thinking
flexibly about diverse, multi-genre college-preparatory and college texts that connect
you to multicultural, social, ethical, and global ideas and issues.
- Pay attention to recognize and self-improve pronunciation difficulties, speech challenges,
writing complexities, listening obstacles, and reading issues that may impede successful
engagement and interaction, finding humor and responding with wonderment and awe to
support your doing so.
- Foundational Grammar for General Communication Certificates
Foundational Grammar for General Communication*
Required Courses |
Certificate of Competency |
Hours |
ESLN-065G |
Foundational Grammar 1 - Noncredit ESL |
54 |
ESLN-075G |
Foundational Grammar 2 - Noncredit ESL |
54 |
|
Total Hours Required |
108 |
|
|
|
Required Courses |
College Skills Certificate |
Units |
ESL-065G |
Foundational Grammar 1 - Credit ESL |
3 |
ESL-075G |
Foundational Grammar 2 - Credit ESL |
3 |
|
Total Units Required |
6 |
*Foundational Grammar for General Communication Competencies and Outcomes:
- Risk responsibly and persist to accurately understand and apply grammatical structures
– from basic to advanced - to negotiate meaning, ask questions, share and discuss
ideas and opinions, solve problems, create plans, make decisions, present arguments,
and apply past knowledge to achieve solid understanding and intended meaning.
- Pay attention to recognize and self-improve pronunciation difficulties, speech challenges,
writing complexities, listening obstacles, and reading issues that may impede successful
engagement and interaction, finding humor and responding with wonderment and awe to
support your doing so.
- Essential Pronunciation and Conversation Certificates
Essential Pronunciation and Conversation*
Required Courses |
Certificate of Competency |
Hours |
ESLN-065PC |
Essential Pronunciation & Conversation 1 - Noncredit ESL |
54 |
ESLN-075PC |
Essential Pronunciation & Conversation 2 - Noncredit ESL |
54 |
|
Total Hours Required |
108 |
|
|
|
Required Courses |
College Skills Certificate |
Units |
ESL-065PC |
Essential Pronunciation & Conversation 1 - Credit ESL |
3 |
ESL-075PC |
Essential Pronunciation & Conversation 2 - Credit ESL |
3 |
|
Total Units Required |
6 |
*Essential Pronunciation and Conversation Competencies and Outcomes:
- Speak and listen with empathy and increasing confidence, fluency, and self-regulation,
curiously exploring diverse and alternative perspectives, within a range of formal
and informal social, academic, and career communication settings.
- Pay attention to recognize and self-improve pronunciation difficulties, speech challenges,
writing complexities, listening obstacles, and reading issues that may impede successful
engagement and interaction, finding humor and responding with wonderment and awe to
support your doing so.
- Fundamental Writing Skills Certificates
Fundamental Writing Skills*
Required Courses |
Certificate of Competency |
Hours |
ESLN-065W |
Fundamental Writing 1 - Noncredit ESL |
54 |
ESLN-075W |
Fundamental Writing 2 - Noncredit ESL |
54 |
|
Total Hours Required |
108 |
|
|
|
Required Courses |
College Skills Certificate |
Units |
ESL-065W |
Fundamental Writing 1 - Credit ESL |
3 |
ESL-075W |
Fundamental Writing 2 - Credit ESL |
3 |
|
Total Units Required |
6 |
*Fundamental Writing Skills Competencies and Outcomes:
- Communicate clearly, effectively, and creatively in writing at the word, phrase, clause,
sentence, paragraph, and essay levels,reviewing and reflecting on your writing and
learning, and collaborating with others to support your continual development.
- Pay attention to recognize and self-improve pronunciation difficulties, speech challenges,
writing complexities, listening obstacles, and reading issues that may impede successful
engagement and interaction, finding humor and responding with wonderment and awe to
support your doing so.
Academic ESL for Educational and Professional Advancement
- Intermediate English for College and Career Success Certificates
Intermediate English for College and Career Success*
Required Courses |
College Skills Certificates |
Units |
ESL-085G
|
Intermediate Grammar - Credit ESL
|
4
|
ESL-085SL
|
Intermediate Oral Communication - Credit ESL
|
3 |
ESL-085WR
|
Intermediate College Writing - Credit ESL
|
5 |
|
Total Units Required |
12 |
|
|
|
Required Courses |
Certificate of Competency |
Hours |
ESLN-085G |
Intermediate Grammar - Noncredit ESL |
72 |
ESLN-085SL |
Intermediate Oral Communication - Noncredit ESL |
54 |
ESLN-085WR |
Intermediate College Writing - Noncredit ESL |
90 |
|
Total Hours Required |
216 |
*Intermediate English for College and Career Success Outcomes and Competencies:
- Embrace having more to learn through reading inquiringly and critically and thinking
flexibly about diverse, multi-genre college-preparatory and college texts that connect
you to multicultural, social, ethical, and global ideas and issues.
- Strive to gain increasing ability to understand and accurately and creatively use
vocabulary learned from context and on the new general service list (NGSL) and the
new academic word list (NAWL) in known and new situations.
- Communicate clearly, effectively, and creatively in writing at the word, phrase, clause,
sentence, paragraph, and essay levels, reviewing and reflecting on your writing and
learning, and collaborating with others to support your continual development.
- Risk responsibly and persist to accurately understand and apply a wide variety of
grammatical structures – from basic to advanced - to negotiate meaning, ask questions,
share and discuss ideas and opinions, solve problems, create plans, make decisions,
present arguments, and apply past knowledge to achieve solid understanding and intended
meaning.
- Speak and listen with empathy and increasing confidence, fluency, and self-regulation,
exploring diverse and alternative perspectives, within a range of formal and informal
social, academic, and career communication settings.
- Pay attention to recognize and self-improve pronunciation difficulties, speech challenges,
writing complexities, listening obstacles, and reading issues that may impede successful
engagement and interaction, finding humor and seeking out and responding with wonderment
and awe to support your doing so.
- Advanced English for Academic & Professional Advancement Certificates
Advanced English for Academic & Professional Advancement*
Required Courses |
College Skills Certificate |
Units |
ESL-095G
|
Advanced Grammar - Credit ESL
|
4
|
ESL-095SL
|
Advanced Speech Communication - Credit ESL |
3
|
ESL-095WR
|
Advanced Academic Writing - Credit ESL |
5
|
|
Total Units Required |
12 |
|
|
|
Required Courses |
Certificate of Competency |
Hours |
ESLN-095G |
Advanced Grammar - Noncredit ESL |
72 |
ESLN-095SL |
Advanced Speech Communication - Noncredit ESL |
54 |
ESLN-095WRV |
Advanced Academic Writing - Noncredit ESL |
90 |
|
Total Hours Required |
216 |
*Advanced English for Academic & Professional Advancement Outcomes and Competencies:
- Embrace having more to learn through reading inquiringly and critically and thinking
flexibly about diverse, multi-genre college-preparatory and college texts that connect
you to multicultural, social, ethical, and global ideas and issues.
- Strive to gain increasing ability to understand and accurately and creatively use
vocabulary learned from context and on the new general service list (NGSL) and the
new academic word list (NAWL) in known and new situations.
- Communicate clearly, effectively, and creatively in writing at the word, phrase, clause,
sentence, paragraph, and essay levels, reviewing and reflecting on your writing and
learning, and collaborating with others to support your continual development.
- Risk responsibly and persist to accurately understand and apply a wide variety of
grammatical structures – from basic to advanced - to negotiate meaning, ask questions,
share and discuss ideas and opinions, solve problems, create plans, make decisions,
present arguments, and apply past knowledge to achieve solid understanding and intended
meaning.
- Speak and listen with empathy and increasing confidence, fluency, and self-regulation,
exploring diverse and alternative perspectives, within a range of formal and informal
social, academic, and career communication settings.
- Pay attention to recognize and self-improve pronunciation difficulties, speech challenges,
writing complexities, listening obstacles, and reading issues that may impede successful
engagement and interaction, finding humor and seeking out and responding with wonderment
and awe to support your doing so.
Certificate Obtainment
Once a student has received a passing grade in each of the courses listed as required
for a certificate, s/he should locate the appropriate application form on Admissions and Records Forms and follow the instructions on that page to fill the form out and submit it to Admissions
and Records (A&R).
Once A&R reviews the student’s records and verifies that the student has successfully
passed each course, they will mail the certificate to the student’s home address,
or the address the student provides on the application.
The name of the two forms associated with our certificates are listed below and as
links to the A&R Forms webpage - look for these exact titles in the list.
The links on the A&R Forms webpage will take students to InSite where they can complete
and submit the electronic form.
If you need any help, use the contact information on the forms' page, or ask one of
your professors or Ms. Eva Padilla.